IT Software Architect, SaaS Enablement and Governance

Job summary

Responsibilities

At OpenAI, we believe artificial intelligence has the potential to help people solve immense global challenges, and we want the upside of AI to be widely shared. Join us in shaping the future of technology.

• Own the target architecture for enterprise software, SaaS, integrations, APIs, and agent-enabled business systems across Corporate IT.
• Build lightweight governance patterns that guide teams before software and integration decisions become hard to unwind.
• Create architecture standards for identity, access, data movement, API usage, admin rights, auditability, observability, and vendor integration.
• Partner with Security to ensure software architecture addresses SSO, SCIM, MFA, privileged access, non-human identities, secrets, token storage, data residency, encryption…
• Partner with Procurement and Finance to evaluate renewals, rationalization opportunities, enterprise agreements, and build-versus-buy decisions.

What they're looking for

• 10+ years of experience in enterprise architecture, business systems architecture, IT architecture, SaaS governance, integration architecture, or a related technical leadership…
• Strong understanding of SaaS operating models, software lifecycle management, software asset management, and vendor/platform governance.
• Experience designing integrations across systems, experience in large scale SaaS such as CRM, ERP and Marketplace platforms.
• Practical knowledge of identity and access patterns including SSO, OIDC, SAML, SCIM, RBAC/ABAC, privileged admin models, service accounts, OAuth apps, and token governance.
• Ability to evaluate software from multiple angles: business value, architecture fit, security posture, data exposure, cost, supportability, user experience, and vendor strategy.